I wouldn't say it was "gender swappery". The oldest dance I can recall is the square dance Texas Star which has the "men turn out and women turn in to make that Texas Star again". The Texas Star is a four couple star Promenade.
There are several contemporary Contras that have ladies allemande to initiate a star promenade, so you're in good company. Happy composing... Donna Hunt -----Original Message----- From: Maia McCormick <maia....@gmail.com> To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> Sent: Thu, Oct 3, 2013 10:05 am Subject: [Callers] Women leading a star promenade? Came up against this question while writing a dance the other day: women leading men into a star promenade and butterfly whirl? Does this happen? Are there compelling reasons for me not write it into a dance, or would it be a fun bit of genderswappery? (I imagine that as far as genderswappery goes, it's still less confusing for all involved than a gent's chain...) Cheers, Maia _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
